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‘The Accelerator’ Initiative at SPIA Develops Tools for Studying the Modern Information Environment

Data is the bread and butter of academic research. But when it comes to the major digital platforms of the day, where many people are spending the bulk of their time, researchers do not have access to robust, independent tools that help them study or understand the conversations taking place.Enter The Accelerator, an initiative…

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Behind the Headline: The Global Future of EVs

At the Detroit Auto Show in January, the American auto industry’s shift away from electric vehicles was on full display. Rather than displaying EVs front and center, as was the case in 2025, automakers emphasized hybrids and updated gas models. A month later, war broke out in Iran and energy prices soared. As the blockage of…

Brandon M. Stewart

News, Research Briefs

The Impact of Government-Controlled Media on LLMs

Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”

Brandon M. Stewart

Noreen Goldman

News, Research Briefs

The Latino Health Experience: Past and Future

Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”

Noreen Goldman

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Outside the Classroom, Princeton SPIA Faculty Contribute to a Stronger New Jersey

When the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs launched its SPIA in New Jersey initiative in 2023, Dean Amaney Jamal said she was proud “to launch a research-based program that seeks to advance the wellbeing of my fellow Garden State residents.”Princeton SPIA faculty have taken that charge to heart, participating…

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Zia Mian

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Renewed Interest in People’s Responses to Nuclear Weapons

Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”

Zia Mian

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New Documentary Calls for ‘Creative Resolve’ to Solve Public Health Problems

Some of public health’s most daunting problems were solved only through sustained, collaborative global efforts. From collaborative efforts between the United States and the Soviet Union to eradicate smallpox at the height of the Cold War to international pressure to produce less expensive, generic antiretroviral medicines to…

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February 05, 2026

Princeton SPIA Shapes AI Policy Dialogue

As artificial intelligence reshapes how people interact with technology, policymakers are racing to set ground rules for how it should operate. The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs is aiding that effort through numerous initiatives to inform lawmakers of the latest research on AI and educate current and…

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Jake Shapiro

News, Research Briefs

February 03, 2026

Moderating Text-to-Image Content

Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”

Jake Shapiro

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January 22, 2026

Even Outside the Classroom, Faculty Educate in Many Ways

Members of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs faculty neither vote on legislative bills nor implement those that are approved and signed into law. They aren’t roaming statehouse corridors or city halls, they don’t disburse grant funding, and their nonprofit work is largely confined to the University.Yet…

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